Month: May 2017

With the Brexit process having now started in earnest and a general election on the horizon, Steffan Evans takes a look at three challenges that housing associations in Wales will face as the Brexit process develops. One of the first significant challenges, and one of the debates set to dominate British politics in the nextRead more

Craig Johnson argues that a lack of a distinctive Welsh media is limiting how Wales is represented and understood in the UK when it comes to issues such as Brexit and devolution. In March it was announced that a new BBC TV channel will broadcast in Scotland from 2018. It will have a budget ofRead more

Measures governments take to improve people’s social well-being, from health care and education to housing and social benefits, are always hot topics in UK elections and are likely be top of voters’ agendas as they go to the polls in just over three weeks. But how do minority nationalist parties use supranational institutions such as theRead more

The future of English and of minority languages in both the EU and the UK post Brexit needs to be more at the forefront of public debate assert Professor Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost and Dr Matteo Bonotti. Arguing that Brexit is likely to have profound implications for languages in the EU and the UK, theyRead more

With the backdrop of the forthcoming election campaign likely to be shaped by hard and soft positions on Brexit, Stephen Cushion considers how well the media and broadcasters will cover domestic issues and policy matters, and crucially how impartial they will actually be. Now that parliament has dissolved, politicians will be frantically touring the countryRead more